Lake Minnetonka Multiple Property Documentation Form Project

MHM's short and intermediate term goals for this project were exceeded in every measurable way. MHM's primary goal for the Lake Minnetonka Multiple Property Documentation Form (LMMPDF) Project was to produce a detailed and useable document that will allow maritime historians and underwater/nautical archaeologists to prioritize and type submerged cultural resources identified in Lake Minnetonka. Additionally, the second goal of the LMMPDF Project was to produce a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) From for the Wayzata Bay Wreck located on the bottom of Lake Minnetonka. MHM completed the draft versions of these documents and submitted them to National Register Archaeologist David Mather of the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for his review in early June 2015. When the review of the draft documents is complete, MHM will work with David to produce final versions of these documents that will be presented to the proper committees for approval at the State and Federal levels. MHM has gone through this process in the past, with the Andy Gibson Wreck Site NRHP nomination. The fieldwork for that nomination took place between 2008-2010, the report was completed in 2011, and the nomination was successful in 2012. MHM a proven ability to stick with this process to its conclusion, as will be the case with the LMMPDF and Wayzata Bay Wreck NRHP. The measurable outputs of this project are two versions of the LMMPDF - one for the general public that has been uploaded to the Internet Archive that contains images throughout and one to be submitted by the SHPO to the National Parks Service for review, in their required format. Other measurable outputs of this project are two versions of the Wayzata Bay Wreck NRHP - one for the general public that has been uploaded to the Internet Archive that contains images throughout and one to be submitted by the SHPO to the National Parks Service for review, in their required format. MHM's production (output) of these four documents will achieve several positive outcomes for the people of Minnesota. The amount of knowledge that will be gained by the readers of these documents, particularly when it comes to the diversity, importance, and significance of Lake Minnetonka to our shared history, will be measurable to some extent in consideration of data collected on the number of times the reports have been accessed on the internet. Further, informational discussions will take place on MHM's FaceBook page and in public venues that stress the legalities of protecting submerged cultural resources and education about the details and histories of the underwater and maritime sites identified on the bottom of Lake Minnetonka. Most of these goals and outcomes will be accomplished in the long term as MHM continues to work in Lake Minnetonka and inform the public through publications and programs, activities the organization has been participating in for the last 10 years. Lastly, the two most significant outcomes of the LMMPDF Project will be acceptance of the MPDF and NRHP by the NPS so that they become part of Minnesota's Maritime Historical and Nautical Archaeological legacy.